Guides for setting up and running WiseCost, and for logging your time. For government contractors and for nonprofits with federal grants.
Admin guide
Set up the company, connect QuickBooks Online, approve timesheets, run labor distribution and reports.
For employees
A short reading path built for team members. Three articles, in order, to get you logging your hours confidently.
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Getting Started
Getting Started
Timesheet ApprovalsVideo
Labor Distribution
Labor Distribution
Troubleshooting
Looking for the employee side? Go to For employees.
Connect WiseCost, set up your company and bring your team in.
5 articlesHow WiseCost syncs with QuickBooks Online and how to manage it.
4 articlesSet up how your team records time: the entry form, indirect time, budgets and expected hours.
7 articlesReviewing, approving and correcting timesheets. For admins and for supervisors who approve their team.
4 articlesAllocating labor cost to contracts and awards and posting journal entries to QuickBooks Online.
5 articlesThe controls behind your timekeeping, with a setup path for DCAA and one for the Uniform Guidance.
4 articlesOne article per report, plus account roles and the Audit Trail.
8 articlesA read-only REST API to take your WiseCost data to a warehouse, a BI tool or another system.
2 articlesSolutions to the most common errors and issues.
9 articlesDevelopers: WiseCost API, a read-only REST API for your time and labor data.
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